Thread by @DavidBegnaud

Report: Under the previous secretary of corrections in Puerto Rico, inmates were not provided surgical masks, nor was anyone allowed to deliver them masks, reports @riverasaniel. He quotes the incoming secretary of corrections, under new Governor @pedropierluisi, as saying that.

https://twitter.com/riverasaniel/status/1353098421696147456

The inmates are going to be given surgical masks, according to the incoming secretary of corrections.

Inmates were given cloth masks but not the disposable masks. The incoming secretary has said she will provide disposable masks which are better, in terms of protection, especially for inmates who are within closed environments, constantly.

Here’s the incoming Secretary’s remarks

https://twitter.com/robbycortes/status/1353177635686395905

Puerto Rico Attorney @DiegoAlcalaPR has been raising awareness about this urgent issue affecting inmates. He tells me, “The past administration did allow the inmates some type of non-surgical masks...”

“... But the problem was that it was not the type recommended by health experts. More importantly, the vast majority of those inside the PR prison system has a medical condition per de CDC that qualifies them as vulnerable to get COVID19...”

“...and the Administration has not released any inmates because of this.”